Marrakech Moskowitz Questions: Moskowitz Opens Research Proposal

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Her recounting of the odd names of the dishes seems factual, the bad behavior of the server seems believable, and she does not say that every bite was utterly hideous.

Orwell: What is Orwell implying when he writes in paragraph 8 "the man is an employee of the municipality?"

Despite the fact that the man has a supposedly good job, he is so poor he must beg for bread.

What does Orwell accomplish by exploring aspects of Marrakesh overlooked by the average tourist?

Orwell shows a seamier side of life -- he shows the poverty and the diversity of the land, and the different types of exploitation that occur

In paragraph 17, Orwell writes that "all people who work with their hands are partially invisible? Why are the laborers of Marrakesh "partly invisible"? Are they overlooked by some but not by others? Are there partly invisible people in the U.S. today?

The people who work with their hands in Marrakesh are partly invisible because tourists do not want to see them because it will spoil their fun and also because the class system is taken for granted by residents of the city. In the U.S., homeless people are often overlooked because their presence challenges the notion that America is a classless society, where everyone can succeed. Illegal immigrants are also ignored, because many people want to use their labor but no one likes to admit that both the individual's employer and also the person who accepts the service of landscaping or a meal at a restaurant is complicit in an illegal activity.

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Why do you think Orwell draws attention to storks and great white birds in paragraphs 23 and 27? How do you respond to the final scene?

Watching the African troops marching in Western uniforms, Orwell wonders how much longer it will be before they revolt against their white oppressors. The white bird's fragility hints at the fragility of white colonial control.

The essay is divided into five sections. Do the give sections come together to make a whole? Is there a pattern to the arrangement of scenes Orwell describes? Are there any images that help tie the scenes together?

All of the scenes are ironic, and juxtapose scenes of native life with aspects of colonial exploitation. Images of animals, underlining the still-wild conditions of the land and the exploitation of the people of the country unite many of these images, like the gazelles at the beginning of the essay, and the birds towards the end. The theme is that people are exploited like animals, and often are treated worse than animals, and arouse less sympathy than a mistreated….....

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